Dynamical observation of bamboo-like carbon nanotube growth

Nano Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 2234-2238

  Lin, Ming ^a   Tan, Joyce Pei Ying ^a   Boothroyd, Chris ^a   Loh, Kian Ping ^b   Tok, Eng Soon ^b   Foo, Yong Lim ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYST ACTIVITY; CRYSTAL GROWTH; GRAPHITE; STABILIZERS (AGENTS); TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CATALYST SURFACE; GRAPHITE EDGES; NANOTUBE GROWTH;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

CARBON NANOTUBE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; MACROMOLECULE; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CRYSTALLIZATION; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MATERIALS TESTING; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTUBES, CARBON; PARTICLE SIZE; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 34548176846     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl070681x     Document Type: Article

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